OLeary v Tunnelcraft Ltd [2009] EWHC 3438 (QB)

Case Report: Hayden v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 1121 (QB)

Late surveillance footage; disclosure; fraud; expert evidence; adjournment ‘The suggestion that there should regularly be a date for the production of surveillance evidence is one to which the claimant’s advisers should give serious consideration.’ This case is an important illustration of the tension between the imperative of procedural discipline on the one hand and the …

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Surveillance: I spy with my little eye

Sandra De Souza considers the issues that surveillance causes for claimants Insurers are increasingly relying on video surveillance. This is especially true if the claimant’s injuries are significant, or where issues of malingering or fraud are raised. With an increase in social networking over the years, personal injury claimants are under more scrutiny then ever. …

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Evidence: Problem issues and problem clients

Lisa Sullivan and Martyn Mcleish offer practical tips on how to navigate claims where allegations of exaggeration may arise ‘The defence operates as a rule of public policy by which an otherwise perfectly proper claim will not be allowed to proceed or a particular head of loss cannot be recovered because it offends public conscience …

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